Hero of the day
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D
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1. Mama, they try
and break me,
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D
the window burns to
light the way back home,
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a light that
warms, no matter where they’ve gone.
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D
They’re off to find
the hero of the day,
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D
but what if
they should fall by someone’s wicked way ?
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Bm C D
Still the window burns, time
so slowly turns, someone there is sighing,
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Bm C
keepers
of the flames, do you feel your names,
D
can’t
you hear your babies crying ?
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2. Mama, they try
and break me,
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still they try and
break me !
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D
Excuse me while I tend to how I feel,
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D
these things
return to me that still seem real.
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D
Now deservingly this easy chair,
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D
but the rocking stops
by wheels of despair, yeah !
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Bm C
D
Don’t want your aid, but the
fist I’ve made for years won’t hold or feel,
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no
I’m not all me, so, please, excuse me while I tend to how I feel.
E
+ But now the dreams and
waking screams
D E
that
ever last through the night,
E D
E
so
build the wall, behind it crawl and hide until it’s light.
E D G
So can you hear your babies
crying now ?
+ G - Am - Bm - C - D (2x)
G Am Bm C D
3. Still the window burns, time so slowly turns, someone there is
sighing,
G Am Bm C
keepers
of the flames, do you feel your names,
D
can’t
you hear your babies crying ?
E
+ But now the dreams and
waking screams
D E
that
ever last through the night,
E
D E
so
build the wall, behind it crawl and hide until it’s light.
E D E
So can’t you hear your babies
crying now ?
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+ Mama, they try and
break me, Mama they try and break me,
Em D Em
A
Mama they try and break me,
Mama they try, Mama they try !
Em
G A C
Mama they try and break me, Mama
they try and break me,
Em D C A - Em
Mama they try and break me,
Mama they try, Mama they tr........y.
(orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 2nd) (Metallica)